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auth 6 Ei » ighf 5 ^ rep |^ t : iW be , su ppc ^ ed tQ be ^ he ^ pst ufl ^ rej ^ CQd ^ f i ^ en ; but what-shall tye say to the follQwing , which forii ^ 4 hp ? % ^ u ? i <> p ° * M $ introductory lecture ? ? , ^ : ^ n h . - V " I confess it is to me a source of no inconsiderable pleasure $ o fiffct ^ if possible to proceed through the whole extent of the jwhjec ^ w kteh fea ^ aow been proposecl ^ without all interfering with those * porate ?© IMifi& ^^^ iziW the various bodies of orthodox Christians *?^ ^^ tk ©; &M ^ rt ^ t 9 ^ c ^^<^
of offenice will be given to any one who holds thai && ^ $ &tiktm 4 mWin § & of Ctinstiaaity , —such as the fall of man , the coretiption ^ Dfi human ^ &a * &re * rtke divinity and atonement of Christ , and the sanctifying iafluenees of tlie Holy Spirit < * Piese truths , which it seems to me impossible t ^ sepai ^ t ^^ odx ^ fihe Christian system , because they constitute its essence and ^ vitality ^ willfinever *|
hope , be compromised or put put of sight by met for th $ ( attainment of &ny ^ feject , vj ^ weyer high , or brilliant in human e £$ mation . ' . 'But' 1 >< fe ^ Siid t tnfs I s )| all not be compelled , in my present uadertakingT ^ o pirocfed [ f - tfieJ ^ eB being to explain and illustrate those principles which will hel ^ eac H ^ w ^ l © interpret tie Bible for himself , rather than td lay before ^ you'thy oWa cottofeptions of its meaning . "—P . 15 . v - ^ ^ ^ n ^
But we appeal to every candid mind to say ^ ^ whether the author ^ be 1 n ^ herelaying before his hearers , and that too in ip $ o limine , hl ^ ^ o ^ &Jpn-r iceptions" pf the meaning of the Bible ? -. —whether he be notr 4 s ? w ^ h ^ Sfery thing which he afterwards so pointedly condemns , rtiat is ^ 5 ^ 4 ^ 3 ^ 31 ^? Bible with the most inveterate prepossessions" ? Hexe is a siect ori ^ Ji ^ tfi 3 ts who receive the same Scriptures as Mr . Carpenter himself 8 pfes ^ wfc acknowledge the same Saviour as the expounder of God * ^ y ^ iu , ^^ pd ^ ttftld phapeb and ( celebrate worship as his professed disciples , ; yet *^ ' ^^^ Wi ^ do not happen to be " orthodox , " that is , because their views 6 f iXfe ^ trii ^ Mfeg of scripture do not happen to be consonant with his own , l ^ cause rth ^ re ai ^ certain doctrines , by Mr . C . held to be characteristic of the Christi&ri Iptem ,
which they cannot receive , * at one fell swoop" he excludes them from the pale of his friendly consideration , and , however scrupulous he may be of giving offence to others , towards them he cares not how bitter may be his spirit or how insulting his language . Mr . Carpenter professes a reverence for great names , as the following note , in p . 24 , will testify :
" I hope I shall not be considered as speaking dogmatically upon a question involving so many and various considerations as the one undef notice . The mere fact , that I was conscious of being opposed to such Weholara and ^ critics as Grotius , Mill , Campbell , and Michaelis , with others tj ^ j ^ rmmerous to mention , would be alone sufficient to prevent any tWng of $ | e im ^ were I tempted to do so . Nothing can be farther from my interitiori . ' ** *** ' * : T" '" ' * But is not our author aware , that on the question of th& Trinityt and 4
others of scarcely inferior moment , he is * opposed to such scholar # ^ and ibritics as Milton , Locke , Newton , and Lardner ? And might not such names as these have made him pause an instant before he involved , intone sleeping Sentence of exclusion from the Christian pale , all those who cannot admit hfe favourite doctrines ? Certain we are , that had he understood and ¦
duly ^ feistiniated the principles by which the great scholars whom he names were guided * he Would never have inserted a condemnation of any-one sect of Chti ^ tians , ' iti the very first of a course of lectures on 4 he true , method of interpreting that book to whieh all Christians equally appeal . Had he imbibed' tli ^ iir Spirit , or , we may add , had his recollection of facts been clear , t I
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760 Carp&nterU Lectures on Biblwal -CrtiJiGi&m *
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Nov. 2, 1829, page 760, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2578/page/16/
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